Los Angeles interior designer Kishani Perera’s own Beverly Hills pied-à-terre is carefully curated to reflect her diverse style. To liven up the all-white kitchen, she brought in pattern with a zigzag-striped runner with coordinating russet-coloured drapes and bamboo blinds. A quirky pineapple chandelier found on eBay and a black lacquered dining set from a Chinese antique shop add personality on a budget.

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This 1930s Spanish colonial home, designed by Kishani Perera, reflects the global, cosmopolitan style of its owner — a hairstylist who manages the coifs of Hollywood A-listers. A little global, a little glam and a lot Zen, the dining room combines deep charcoal grey walls, vivid sapphire blue chairs and a modern painting. The faux-antler chandelier helps lighten the walls of the room.

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Los Angeles interior designer Kishani Perera designed this Hollywood Hills home for a client who was struggling to furnish the oddly broken up rooms. This large room with permanent structural columns posed the trickiest space-planning challenge. To make the columns more of a feature than a drawback, Perera had them wrapped in distressed wood veneer. She then created a main seating area around the fireplace with a custom sofa, as well as a reading nook with a wingback chair in the corner.

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Family heirlooms, like the elephant sculpture, intermingle with contemporary white sofas to great effect.

Los Angeles interior designer Kishani Perera worked with these homeowners, a young family, to create a light, airy and modern home with references to their Indian heritage. Since they didn’t feel comfortable with colour on the walls, Perera relied on pieces of Asian art and select hits of saturated colour, common in Indian design, to add vibrancy. She also chose mostly solid upholstery for the large pieces, leaving the patterns to accent pillows or a chair in order to keep the look serene and global rather than over-the-top ethnic. Fabrics with lots of texture layer in dimension and interest.

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Vintage finds from European markets transform a New York City apartment.

Layer upon layer of pattern gives this principal bedroom, designed by Kishani Perera, a romantic vibe. The flea-market bed, redone in charcoal damask, now has a more youthful, modern feel. Keeping the damask, vintage polka-dot throw and chevron pillows in the same subtle blue-gray palette ensures the disparate patterns complement each other rather than compete. Tone-on-tone floral wallpaper, an opulent chandelier and luxurious sateen draperies complete the look of decadence.

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